Big Bang Theory Is Wrong, Claim Scientists

I really don't care at all. It is all too esoteric for me.

John Dalton was wrong when he posited that atoms are the smallest and indivisible constituents of elements. Nevertheless, his theory led to further advances of our understanding of matter.

So what if the big bang theory is wrong. If new evidence proves it is false, then it will be superseded by a better theory. That's how science advances.
 
Just a highly speculative idea from difficult math acrobatics that few other scientists expect will hold up.

Expect it will eventually be found that the Universe is probably infinite into the past, 3-dimenstionally infinite in all directions without a beginning. Matter/energy/stuff never needed to be created because it always existed as we intelligent lifeforms have found it.
 
I once read a book on popular astrophysics in which the author asked "why is there something rather than nothing?" His answer was "because nothing is unstable" followed by pages of equations which made my eyes bleed.

I decided then and there I would never understand the topic of the origin of the universe.
 
All of the writings/theories about the universe et-al is so mind boggling that it all goes over the top of my head.
That does not stop me immensely enjoying all shows regarding the Universe.
It fascinates me to the nth degree. I can not get enough of that stuff.
Imagine having a mind that is capable of understanding, to a degree, how the universe works. 😵‍💫
 
It's interesting, and I even considered it on my own a few years ago. But the smart money is still betting on the Big Bang. But I can say with absolute certainty that I'm not sure how the universe came into being. I like the Big Bang, because I can relate to it having experienced my own little bang.

At one time I didn't exist and there was no me, and then one day there was a me. Some will argue that I just came from a process of meiosis and things that were already there, like some stuff from my parents. Well for my body maybe. But the me I'm talking about is my mind as opposed to my brain. My brain is just physical and comes from stuff. But my thoughts are not physical, and did not exist before I had them.

OK nice try. I'll settle for a C- on my own theory of self. It's fun to posit strange bull$hit, and then argue about it, as if it's meaningful. That's what we're here for, right?
 
We have a problem. We kind of understand the world of the very large- planets, solar systems, galaxies. And we kind of understand the workings of the incredibly small- particles that make up atoms. The problem is we can't make them mesh. Since the creation of the universe is a combination of the very large and the very small, until we solve the huge/tiny problem, it'll be hard to solve the birth of the universe question. So, all things are possible.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
We have a problem. We kind of understand the world of the very large- planets, solar systems, galaxies. And we kind of understand the workings of the incredibly small- particles that make up atoms. The problem is we can't make them mesh. Since the creation of the universe is a combination of the very large and the very small, until we solve the huge/tiny problem, it'll be hard to solve the birth of the universe question. So, all things are possible.
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This is what the quest for a unifying theory is all about. Einstein came up with a theory that explained much about the very large, which didn't explain the physics of the very small, and then spent his later years trying to come up with a theory that explained it all and failed. And others have followed... and failed.

A unifying theory would be nice I suppose, but I'm not certain why it's important. The Theory of Relativity explains a lot, but it doesn't explain everything, even if we take quantum mechanics out of the picture completely. And no one seems upset about that.

The very small just doesn't act like the very large, but they do mesh. The theories may not mesh, but the reality seems to work fine on a practical level. Maybe someday we will understand, but I can't know that for sure.
 
JustDave said:
This is what the quest for a unifying theory is all about. Einstein came up with a theory that explained much about the very large, which didn't explain the physics of the very small, and then spent his later years trying to come up with a theory that explained it all and failed. And others have followed... and failed.

A unifying theory would be nice I suppose, but I'm not certain why it's important. The Theory of Relativity explains a lot, but it doesn't explain everything, even if we take quantum mechanics out of the picture completely. And no one seems upset about that.

The very small just doesn't act like the very large, but they do mesh. The theories may not mesh, but the reality seems to work fine on a practical level. Maybe someday we will understand, but I can't know that for sure.
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Yeah, I meant the theories don't mesh. Thanks.
 
debodun said:
As long as there is peanut butter swirl ice cream, it doesn't matter to me where we are.
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I always assumed the Universe was eternal, until they came up with the Big Bang, but you're right. Either way, it doesn't change the flavor of ice cream. And that's what most people care about. It is an academic question. Maybe it will turn out to be more than that someday. At one time, I would have said I didn't care about quantum mechanics, but it turns out that has practical applications in the world of computing. Don't ask me why, though.
 
If you don't like the current theory about the origin of the universe, just wait a few years and there will be a new one.
 
Nobody really knows!

I can see a group of educated archaeologists and
historians, sitting in a pub discussing subjects like
this and the one with the best suggestion is applauded,
then his theory is, "in", for a time, till the next meeting,
where they get together, for another such meeting.

I could be wrong, I suppose.

Mike.
 
Moses explained it all, in broad terms, in Genesis. All science can do is fill in the details.
 

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